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Session |
Cookies |
| A temporary and interactive information interchange between two or more communicating devices or between a user and computer | Small pieces of data sent from a website and stored on the user’s computer by the user’s web browser while the user is browsing |
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Stored in the server side |
Stored in the client’s browser as text files |
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It can store a large amount of data |
It can store a minimum amount of data |
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It provides more security because it is difficult to access session values |
It provides minimum security because it is easier to access cookie values |
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It holds multiple variables |
It does not hold multiple variables |
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It is available until the browser is opened |
It keeps the information until deleted by the user or set as per the timer |
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More reliable |
Comparatively less reliable |
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Using session_destroy (), we will destroy sessions |
Setting the cookie time to expire the cookie |
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Session depends on the cookie |
Cookies does not depends on the cookie |